David Frederick Skea (February 1871 – c. 1950) was a Scottish

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Football career

He began his career with his hometown club,

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some east-northeast of ...

, before joining

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, where he made just one appearance in the

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. After a spell back in Scotland with Dundee Thistle, he moved to

Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road, A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to ...

, where again he was restricted to a single Football League game before a move to Bury of the Lancashire League. In 1894 he joined

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, where he spent two seasons as a regular in the team, making 45 League appearances and scoring 28 goals. In the 1894–95 season, he was the top scorer in the

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. After leaving

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, he played for

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and New Brompton of the Southern League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skea, David 1871 births 1950s deaths Footballers from Arbroath Scottish men's footballers Gillingham F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Darwen F.C. (1870) players Aston Villa F.C. players Bury F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Southern Football League players Men's association football forwards English Football League players